>> Local flavor: In the latest installment of The Star’s “Doing Indy” series, Whitney Smith quizzes Mark Carter about the undead life in Marion County. Sammy Terry’s pick for best place to browse or shop? “Any old ‘body’ shop” will do.

>> An icon passes: From 1962 to 1989, Sammy Terry either frightened or amused viewers of WTTV Channel 4’s “Nightmare Theater.” Bob Carter, the man under the skull cap and cape, died at age 83 on June 30, 2013. In a Star obituary written by Will Higgins, it’s revealed that Carter wore a black windbreaker for the first episode of “Nightmare Theater” (and a coffee table was used to represent a coffin).

>> Fans remember: As news of Bob Carter’s death spread on July 1, Pulliam fellow Ebony Shamberger compiled social-media reactions. “Hoosiers of a certain age will remember getting scared to death by Sammy Terry and his late night monster movies on Channel 4,” according to one tweet represented in the roundup.

>> Video tribute: At Bob Carter’s wake, Pulliam fellow Clara Ritger interviewed friends and fans of the horror host. In Ritger’s video, one devotee recalls the way Sammy Terry addressed his viewers: “You behind the couch,” “You under the covers.”

>> Sammy Terry, play it again: Former Star staffer Dan Carpenter wrote about Bob Carter’s commitment to music education in this 2013 column. Did you know that Carter owned Family Music Center on East 46th Street?

Contact Star reporter David Lindquist at (317) 444-6404 or @317Lindquist on Twitter.